Youth resilience and culture [electronic resource] : commonalities and complexities / Linda C. Theron, Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar, editors.
Theron, Linda C., editor.; Liebenberg, Linda, editor.; Ungar, Michael, 1963- editor.
2015
BF724.3.R47
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Title Youth resilience and culture [electronic resource] : commonalities and complexities / Linda C. Theron, Linda Liebenberg, Michael Ungar, editors.
ISBN 9789401794152 electronic book
9401794154 electronic book
9789401794145
9401794146
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9415-2
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xx, 250 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-94-017-9415-2 doi
Call Number BF724.3.R47
Dewey Decimal Classification 155.51824
Summary Until researchers and theorists account for the complex relationship between resilience and culture, explanations of why some individuals prevail in the face of adversity will remain incomplete. This edited volume addresses this crucial issue by bringing together emerging discussions of the ways in which culture shapes resilience, the theory that informs these various studies, and important considerations for researchers as they continue to investigate resilience. Using research from majority and minority world contexts, ?Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities? highlights that non-stereotypical, critical appreciation of the cultural systems in which youth are embedded, and/or affiliate with, is pivotal to understanding why particular resilience processes matter for particular youth in a particular life-world at a particular point in time. In doing so, this book sensitizes readers to the importance of accounting for the influence of cultural contexts on resilience processes, and to the danger of conceptualising and/or operationalising resilience, culture, and their interplay, simplistically or idealistically. In short, the progressive contents of ?Youth Resilience and Culture: Commonalities and Complexities? make it an essential read for resilience-focused scholars, students, academics, and researchers, as well as policy makers, practitioners, and humanitarian workers engaged with high-risk populations.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 10, 2014).
Added Author Theron, Linda C., editor.
Liebenberg, Linda, editor.
Ungar, Michael, 1963- editor.
Series Cross-cultural advancements in positive psychology ; v. 11.
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Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Part I: The Complex Interactions of Resilience and Culture; Chapter 1: Pathways to Resilience in Context; 1.1 What Is Resilience?; 1.2 Key Concepts and Terminology; 1.3 Key Issue: Is Resilience an Individual Trait or a Dynamic Multi-determined Process?; 1.4 Models of Resilience; 1.4.1 Person-Focused Models; 1.4.2 Variable-Focused Models: Testing Promotive, Protective, Mediating, and Preventive Effects; 1.4.3 Pathways and Trajectories: Hybrid Models

1.5 The Importance of an Ecological Perspective in Resilience ScienceReferences; Chapter 2: Understanding Cultural Contexts and Their Relationship to Resilience Processes; 2.1 What Is Culture?; 2.1.1 Conventional Understandings of Culture; 2.2 Interactive Macro- and Microsystemic Cultural Contexts: Some Explanations of Process; 2.3 Interactive Macro- and Microsystemic Cultural Contexts: Some Limitations for Explaining Resilience Processes; 2.4 An Alternative Understanding: Culture as Capital and a Co-constructed Process; Conclusion; References

Chapter 3: Resilience and Culture: The Diversity of Protective Processes and Positive Adaptation3.1 What Is Culture? What Is Context?; 3.2 Common and Unique Protective Factors; 3.3 What Is Resilience?; 3.4 Cultural Relativism; 3.4.1 The Influence of the Dominant Culture; 3.4.2 Within Group Resistance to Subgroup Norms; 3.4.3 Cultural Differences in Discursive Power; 3.5 Different Cultures, Different Values; Conclusion; References; Part II: Illustrative (Case) Studies: Youth Resilience and Culture

Chapter 4: Cultural Pathways to Resilience: Opportunities and Obstacles as Recalled by Black South African Students4.1 An African Worldview and Ubuntu; 4.2 The Protective Value of an African Worldview: South African Findings; 4.3 The Cases of Harmony and Atile; 4.4 The Case of Harmony; 4.4.1 Harmony℗þs Story; 4.4.1.1 A Childhood of Abuse; 4.4.1.2 Caring `Kin℗þ Compensate; 4.4.1.3 Generosity to Self and Others Helps Harmony Adjust; 4.5 The Case of Atile; 4.5.1 Atile℗þs Story; 4.5.1.1 Duty to the Collective Sustains Atile; 4.5.1.2 A Childhood of Disadvantage; 4.5.1.3 Caring Kin Compensate

4.5.1.4 Belief Systems Support and Challenge Adjustment4.5.1.5 Educational Aspirations as an Opportunity to Contribute to Kin; 4.6 The Complexity of Culturally-Shaped Resilience Processes: Lessons from the Stories of Harmony and Atile; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Resilience Among Zimbabwean Youths with Orphanhood; 5.1 Collectivistic Cultural Template Expectations; 5.1.1 Burden of Care Perceptions; 5.1.2 Tensions from Accessing Resources; 5.1.3 Moderators to Resource Access; 5.2 Processes of Resilience in Contexts of Orphanhood: Preliminary Evidence; 5.2.1 Material Resources

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